China’s AVIC offers to finance, build HPP Buk Bijela, 4 small hydropower plants
China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Corporation (AVIC) has expressed interest in the construction of three large hydropower plants (HPPs) – Buk Bijela, Foča, and Paunci – and four small hydropower plants (SHPPs), the Ministry of Energy and Mining said on its website. Energy and Mining Minister Petar Đokic met with potential partners from China – […]
Investment in HPP Komarnica to reach EUR 238 million – study
The value of investment in the construction of the Komarnica hydropower plant (HPP) in Montenegro is estimated at EUR 237.9 million, according to the concept of the detailed spatial plan for the multipurpose water reservoir on the Komarnica river. The proposed installed capacity of HPP Komarnica is 168 MW and the estimated annual electricity production […]
Project scrapped to build HPP Hrastje-Mota over negative environmental impact
The Slovenian government has halted preparations to produce a national spatial plan (DPN) for the Hrastje-Mota hydropower plant (HPP), the first that was planned on the Mura river. Numerous NGOs, which had been opposing the construction of the HPP over its negative environmental impact, welcomed the decision. However, the project developer, HSE Group, said that […]
Court cancels environmental permit for Buk Bijela hydropower plant
The Banja Luka District Court has canceled the environmental permit for the planned 93 MW Buk Bijela hydropower plant on the river Drina in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Aarhus Resource Center in Sarajevo has announced today, following the court’s positive 13 May ruling on the Center’s complaint, CEE Bankwatch Network said in a press release. […]
Premiums as support measure for investors in renewable energy projects in North Macedonia
Authors: Aleksandar Josimovski and Ana Bozarova, Attorneys at law engaged by Petrikic & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH The North Macedonian market is currently one of the hot spots for investments in renewables in the CEE region. Both the institutional investors and the financiers have shown a great deal of […]
Pumped-storage plant Čapljina to deliver half of 2019 output to ERS
Pumped-storage hydropower plant PHE Čapljina will deliver half of its output in 2019 to Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS), in what will be the first time in about 15 years for the Bosnian Serb entity’s state power utility to receive electricity from PHE Čapljina, according to ERS General Manager Luka Petrović, local media have reported. Under […]
North Macedonia, Kosovo* sign memorandum on cooperation in energy sector
The Ministry of Economy of North Macedonia and the Ministry of Economic Development of Kosovo* have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the energy sector, which includes the development of relations in the areas of electricity, coal, natural gas, renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, the security of energy supply, and the preparation of […]
EPCG signs contract for HPP Piva unit A2 reconstruction
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) and a consortium of Slovenia’s Litostroj Power, Croatia’s Končar – Generators and Motors and Serbia’s Elektroremont Subotica have signed a contract on a EUR 1.7 million overhaul of the second unit of the Piva hydropower plant (HPP). The reconstruction of HPP Piva’s A2 unit includes the replacement of the […]
